The results listed in Table 2 indicated that serum miR-451a was positively correlatedwith Scr, WBC, PCT, CRP, APACHE II score and SOFA score (all P < 0.05), but hadno significant correlation with age, gender, BMI and albumin (all P > 0.05),which indicated that miR-451a might be involved in the progression of sepsis and associated withdisease severity. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is Sepsis.